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THOUSANDS USE SUBWAY EXTENSION; New Line to Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, Greatly Relieves Traffic Pressure. MAY BE EXTENDED FURTHER Extension to Flatbush Avenue to Connect with Brighton Beach Line Is Now Talked Of.

The new section of the Brooklyn Subway, in the first forty-eight hours of its operation, proved to be most successful. Yesterday morning, between the hours of 7 and 9, 11,200 passengers boarded Subway trains for Manhattan at Atlantic Avenue, 2,801 passengers were carried in the two rush hours of yesterday morning from the Nevins Street station, while Hoyt Street registered 860 fares.

May 03, 1908

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